I have been researching my family, and thought maybe since I can't come up with any leads, that I would put them out for you and see if anyone has any idea or knows anyone who is related. My great-great grandfather was Joesph SALESMAN who died in 1899 in Illinois. I know that he was born in Ky. His brother Jacob Allen SALESMAN was born in Green Co. Kentucky in or around 1840. He married a girl named Mary Ann RICTOR who was born in Bullet Co. Ky. arun 1844. They had several children. Some born in Ky and some in Ill. They had a Sarah C. who married a Joseph HANDLEY. ADughter name Elizabeth Etta SALESMAN. A Mary E. SALESMAN who married a WELLS and lived at Cisne Illinois in 1942. They had a daughter Norah Myrtle WELLS b. Dec 4, 1898 in Zif Twp. Clay Co. ILL. Joesph SALESMAN was married two times. Believed to have brought a Martha CAMP from Ky and married her in Ill on 9-17-1871 and they had one child Phillip SALESMAN. In the Census later it shows that Phillip is with his father at age 7 and he is remarried to a Mry O. JENNNER daughter of George and Mary JENNER. She was born in Kentucky also. They married on 12-11-1877 and her name at that time was Mary McGATH. She was married to a George ENSOR, John McGATH and then to my great-great grandfather Joesph SALESMAN. She had five daughters Katie McGATH who married George GARRETT, Parmelia McGATH who married a WM P. BEAN, Miranda ENSOR, Cora ENSOR who married a A.J. Dant, Mary A. ENSOR. Three sons, my Ggrandfather Wm James SALESMAN, his brother Albert SALESMAN, and a brother Donald who died at infancy in 1882. Jacob and Mary SALESMAN had a son name Edgar Earl SALESMAN, Elsah E. SALESMAN, Aaron SALESMAN. Jacob and Joesph also had a brother named Phillip SALESMAN who was born in Ky alos. He was 23 in 1880 census in Illinois. Any information on who or where in Kentucky they may have come from or any info at all would be greatly appreciated. This family didn't leave behind much info. Very secretive? Contact me at guido@viaduct.custom.net if you know anything to help me. Darla in Indiana